Re: [BUG] active ftp doesn't work since 2.6.9-rc1

From: Harald Welte
Date: Fri Oct 01 2004 - 08:26:23 EST


On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 01:12:01PM +0200, Vitezslav Samel wrote:
> Hi!
>
> After upgrade to 2.6.9-rc3 on the firewall (with NAT), active ftp stopped
> working. The first kernel, which doesn't work is 2.6.9-rc1.
> Sympotms: passive ftp works O.K., active FTP doesn't open data stream (and in
> logs there entries about invalid packets - using
> iptables ... -m state --state INVALID -j LOG)

I just tried to reproduce the problem. Can you confirm the problem
disappears after executing

echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_tcp_be_liberal

on your NAT box?

> Cheers,
> Vita Samel

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